Biologically effective doses of sunlight for immune suppression at various latitudes and their relationship to changes in stratospheric ozone.

abstract：:Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are the major endogenous regulators of metalloproteinase activity in tissues. TIMPs are able to inhibit activity of all known matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and thus participate in controlling extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation. We showed previously elevate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ardan T,Němcová L,Bohuslavová B,Klezlová A,Popelka Š,Studenovská H,Hrnčiarová E,Čejková J,Motlík J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysulphone (PS) dosimetry has been a widely used technique for more than 30 years to quantify the erythemally effective UV dose received by anatomic sites (personal exposure). The calibration of PS dosimeters is an important issue as their spectral response is different from the erythemal action spectrum. It is perf...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Casale GR,Siani AM,Diémoz H,Kimlin MG,Colosimo A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated that it is possible to launch UVC LED light into bacterial contaminated polymer tubes/catheters and disinfect the intraluminal space of these tubes. This can be achieved by UVC treatment of the catheters on a regular basis. Catheters are in the distal end equipped with an exit hole for administrat...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bak J,Jørgensen TM,Helfmann J,Gravemann U,Vorontsova I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the effects of photobiomodulation (PBM) to cells previously exposed to lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) and epithelial cells (HaCaT) were seeded in wells of 24-well plates containing complete culture medium (DMEM). After 24 h, the DMEM was replaced by serum-free DMEM, and...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pansani TN,Basso FG,Soares DG,Turrioni APDS,Hebling J,de Souza Costa CA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current conditions of 2-11 kJ m(-2) day(-1) of UV-B radiation and temperatures of >30 degrees C during flowering in cotton cultivated regions are projected to increase in the future. A controlled environment study was conducted in sunlit growth chambers to determine the effects of UV-B radiation and temperature on phy...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reddy KR,Kakani VG,Zhao D,Koti S,Gao W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban environments can have high-risk spaces that can provide excess personal sun exposure, such as urban or street canyons, and the spaces between buildings, among others. In these urban spaces, sun exposure can be high or low depending on several factors. Polysulphone film (PSF) was used to assess possible daily sol...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wright CY,du Preez DJ,Martincigh BS,Allen MW,Millar DA,Wernecke B,Blesic S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blue light photoreceptor phototropin mediates crucial processes in plants leading to optimization of photosynthesis. Phototropin comprises two flavin mononucleotide-binding LOV (light-, oxygen-, or voltage-sensitive) domains. The LOV domains undergo a photocycle upon illumination, in which two intermediates have b...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bauer C,Rabl CR,Heberle J,Kottke T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-power lasers are commonly used in human medicine for treatment of various pathological conditions, but mechanisms of their healing effects are still poorly understood. The results of this study provide information related to these effects at the cellular level. Two different protozoan species, Euglena gracilis and...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Koutna M,Janisch R,Unucka M,Svobodnik A,Mornstein V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the origin of the UV-specific CC to TT tandem mutation at the CC site, we made a duplex DNA decamer containing a uracil cis-syn cyclobutane dimer (CBD) as the deaminated model of a cytosine dimer. Two-dimensional 1H-NMR spectroscopy studies were performed on this sequence where two adenines (Ade) were opp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lee HM,Kim JK

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheophorbide a-induced photo-oxidation, in vitro, of cytochrome c oxidase and cytochrome c results in irreversible modifications to both protein components. Photo-oxidation of cytochrome c, as exhibited by change in its heme oxidation state, displays exponential kinetics and is detected with a lag period. Both the pho...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chernomorsky S,Wong C,Poretz RD

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and regenerative properties. This systematic review aimed to critically appraise the published data of in vivo human randomized clinical trials (RCTs), and present a comprehensive overview of the efficacy of PBMT, as an adjunct to the nonsurgical perio...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dalvi S,Benedicenti S,Hanna R

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) fruit size and flavor are important to both growers and consumers. Plastic mulches are frequently used in raised-bed culture to conserve water, control weeds with less herbicides, keep fruit clean and produce ripe berries earlier in the season. The most commonly used plastic mulch color ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kasperbauer MJ,Loughrin JH,Wang SY

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured cells accumulate acridine orange (AO), which is a weak basic dye and a photosensitizer, in lysosomes and other acidic compartments. During exposure to blue light, AO-loaded macrophages show decreasing red granular fluorescence and increasing green diffuse fluorescence. This is hypothesized to represent peroxi...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zdolsek JM,Olsson GM,Brunk UT

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV rays may cause several degrees of skin damage, which makes sunscreen research necessary. In addition, skin sensitivity shows daily variations, which can interfere in the detection of the efficacy of the filters. Here, we studied the UV-induced erythema in hairless rats at two times of the day (light and darkness) u...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Flo A,Calpena AC,Díez-Noguera A,Del Pozo A,Cambras T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of solutions containing both tryptophan and hydrogen peroxide to a pulsed ( approximately 180 fs) laser beam at 750 nm induces luminescence characteristic of 5-hydroxytryptophan. The results indicate that 3-photon excitation of tryptophan results in photoionization within the focal volume of the laser beam. T...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bisby RH,Crisostomo AG,Botchway SW,Parker AW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of charge on the cellular uptake, localization and phototoxicity of conjugates between chlorin(e6) (ce6) and poly-L-lysine was studied in vitro. These conjugates (average MW 35-55 kDa) were synthesized to have polycationic, polyanionic or neutral charges. Two human cell lines (A431 epidermoid carcinoma cell...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Soukos NS,Hamblin MR,Hasan T

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic treatment of promyelocytic K562 cells in the presence of a monoglucosylporphyrin or hematoporphyrin leads to a sequence of events recognized as hallmarks of apoptosis: a drop in mitochondrial potential, concurrent with a drop in ATP level and a decrease in cell respiration, translocation of phosphatidylse...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Carré V,Jayat C,Granet R,Krausz P,Guilloton M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark-grown leaves of maize (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), wild-type pea (Pisum sativum) and its light-independent photomorphogenesis mutant (lip1) have different proportions of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) forms as revealed by low-temperature fluorescence emission spectra. Four discrete spectral forms of Pchl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Myśliwa-Kurdziel B,Amirjani MR,Strzałka K,Sundqvist C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV radiation (UVR) is a significant ecological factor in the marine environment that can have important effects on planktonic organisms and dissolved organic matter (DOM). The penetration of UVR into the water column is likely to change in the near future due to interactions between global warming and ozone depletion....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tedetti M,Sempéré R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carp (Cyprinus carpio) were repeatedly exposed to 0, 60, 120 and 240 mJ/cm2 ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation three times in 1 week (short-term exposure) or 12 times in 4 weeks (long-term exposure). The effect of UVB on the functioning of the carp immune system was studied on day 2 after the final irradiation. After short...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Markkula SE,Salo HM,Immonen AK,Jokinen EI

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH-insensitive beetle luciferases cloned from Rhagophthalmidae, Phengodidae, and Elateridae exhibit great potential application as reporter assays for monitoring gene expression. At present, however, only one luciferase has been reported from the enigmatic and predominantly Asian distributed luminous family Rhagop...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Liu GC,Dong ZW,Hou QB,He JW,Zhao RP,Wang W,Li XY

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A noninvasive in situ fluorescence-based method for the quantification of the photosensitizer chloroaluminum disulfonated phthalocyanine was compared to the highly accurate but nonreal time ex vivo spectrofluorometry method. Our in vivo fluorescence technique is designed to allow real-time assessment of photosensitize...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lee CC,Pouge BW,Strawbridge RR,Moodie KL,Bartholomew LR,Burke GC,Hoopes PJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inefficient endosomal escape of drugs or macromolecules is a major obstacle to achieving successful delivery to therapeutic targets. An efficient approach to circumvent this barrier is photochemical internalization (PCI), which uses light and photosensitizers for endosomal escape of the delivered macromolecules. T...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Soe TH,Nanjo T,Watanabe K,Ohtsuki T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced porphyrin accumulation is widely used in the treatment of cancer, as photodynamic therapy. To clarify the mechanisms of the tumor-preferential accumulation of protoporphyrin, we examined the effect of the expression of heme-biosynthetic and -degradative enzymes on the ALA-induced ac...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ohgari Y,Miyata Y,Miyagi T,Gotoh S,Ohta T,Kataoka T,Furuyama K,Taketani S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological consequences of exposure to UVA (320-400 nm) radiation are unclear. This study describes the relationship between the generation of epidermal cis-urocanic acid and the ability to respond to a contact-sensitizing agent, in hairless mice exposed to different UV radiation sources, which incorporate succ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reeve VE,Boehm-Wilcox C,Bosnic M,Cope R,Ley RD

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-activity relationships have been widely reported for porphyrin and phthalocyanine photosensitizers, but not for phenothiazinium derivatives. Here, four phenothiazinium salts (methylene blue, toluidine blue O, 1,9-dimethyl methylene blue and the pentacyclic derivative DO15) were used to investigate how the ab...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Bacellar IO,Pavani C,Sales EM,Itri R,Wainwright M,Baptista MS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24 h preculture of HT29-18 human colonic adenocarcinoma cells with the sterol synthesis inhibitor lovastatin at concentrations of 0.1-0.5 microM markedly increased the photocytotoxic effect of photofrin II delivered to cells by low density lipoproteins. Under the same conditions, LDL binding and photofrin II (PII) u...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Biade S,Mazière JC,Mora L,Santus R,Mazière C,Auclair M,Morlière P,Dubertret L

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Towards our overall objectives of developing potent antimicrobial materials to combat the escalating threat to human health posed by the transmission of surface-adhering pathogenic bacteria, we have investigated the photobactericidal activity of cellulose nanocrystals that have been modified with a porphyrin-derived p...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Carpenter BL,Feese E,Sadeghifar H,Argyropoulos DS,Ghiladi RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing resistance to antibiotics has rendered antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (PDI) an attractive alternative treatment modality for infectious diseases. Chitosan (CS) was shown to further potentiate the PDI effect of photosensitizers and was therefore used in this study to investigate its ability to pote...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chen CP,Chen CT,Tsai T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifungal activity is positively correlated to furanocoumarin content in extracts of the traditional phytomedicine northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. [Rutaceae]). The specificity of these furanocoumarins in inhibiting replication of DNA was investigated with reference to significant base composition d...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Smith ML,Gregory P,Bafi-Yeboa NF,Arnason JT

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00